Econ 5K

Braving the Cold, UConn Economists Run the Econ 5K

Participants in the Econ 5K 2025Neither final exams nor frigid temperatures stopped faculty and PhD students from running the Econ5K together this past Saturday. Proof that economists don’t only run regressions! The winners will be announced online in early January during the ASSA meetings. We wish our athletes luck! Go Huskies!

The categories for winners:

– Top three finishers (by gender identity)
– Top three finishers age-adjusted (by gender identity)
– Top finisher by continent (by gender identity)
– Greatest elevation change (+/-)
– Highest starting elevation
– Highest/lowest temperature
– The Beauty contest winner for whoever is closest to the average time
– Top three empiricists (by gender identity)Economists Line Up to race the 5K
– Top three theorists (by gender identity)
– Top three microeconomists (by gender identity)
– Top three macroeconomists (by gender identity)
– Fastest run with a dog
– Fastest run with a stroller (and occupant!)
– Streak award for the longest streak of consecutive 5Ks in December
– Run that is most outstanding in terms of artistic merit (with route captured on Strava or similar app)
– Largest group of economists running together